As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
Amaziah, the son and successor of Joash, is the king whom here we have an account of. Let us take a view of him, I. In the temple; and there he acted, in some measure, well, like Joash, but not like David, Kg2 14:3.
Commenting on 2 Kings 14:1-7
He slew of Edom in the valley of Salt ten thousand,.... Of which valley; see Gill on Sa2 8:13, the Edomites having revolted from Judah in the days of Joram, Kg2 8:20. Amaziah undertook to reduce them with an army of 300,000 choice men; and, besides these, hired also of Israel 100,000 valiant men, for one hundred talents of silver; but at the instance of...
as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand--It was an act of justice no less than of filial piety to avenge the murder of his father. But it is evident that the two assassins must have possessed considerable weight and influence, as the king was obliged to retain them in his service, and durst not, for fear of their friends and supporters, institute...